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Offline Karl Blanchard

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #195 on: November 28, 2015, 03:35:01 PM »
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #196 on: November 28, 2015, 03:42:29 PM »
Awesome bucks every sounds like a blast and great way to show the youngsters what hunting is about

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #197 on: November 28, 2015, 06:10:18 PM »
Way to get it done Karl!!  Can't wait for you to guide me on a mule deer!! That is dang cold also out there..

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #198 on: November 28, 2015, 07:16:23 PM »
Nice buck!  Awesome trip!
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #199 on: November 29, 2015, 11:07:55 AM »
You guys are worse than blue tongue on a deer population!!
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #200 on: November 29, 2015, 08:29:34 PM »
You guys are worse than blue tongue on a deer population!!
:chuckle:  wait until Mrs. Blanchard gets into your unit with her second doe tag on Saturday!  Watch out!
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #201 on: November 29, 2015, 08:41:54 PM »
You guys are worse than blue tongue on a deer population!!
:chuckle:  wait until Mrs. Blanchard gets into your unit with her second doe tag on Saturday!  Watch out!
Be careful of Starbucks and selfies on the hunt. watch for the trail of Starbucks cups and sour patch kids wrappers to find out where Karl and his wife hunt!  :chuckle:

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #202 on: November 29, 2015, 09:30:56 PM »
Oh there will be sour patch kids.........and actual physical children as we will have the monsters with us! :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #203 on: November 29, 2015, 09:43:15 PM »
Congrats on some great bucks!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #204 on: November 29, 2015, 09:45:52 PM »
Karl lied, all his hunts are here in central wa...he's enrolled :yike: :yike: :yike:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #205 on: November 29, 2015, 09:51:07 PM »
 
Karl lied, all his hunts are here in central wa...he's enrolled :yike: :yike: :yike:
:bash:  Thanks for letting the cat out of the bag chief! :chuckle:
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #206 on: November 29, 2015, 10:14:16 PM »
Congratulations on a great season  :tup:

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 11/27
« Reply #207 on: December 08, 2015, 08:41:16 AM »
Well the Getsum crew was able to assemble on Sunday for some late archery elk action.  As is the norm these days, we like to do things the hard way.  We spent the morning climbing half way up one side of the wenas valley (literally), just for Coach to spot a big herd of elk at the top of the ridge on the other side of the valley :bash:   Coach looks at me, I look at him, and down the mountain we go!  Up,up,up, and up some more until we got above them.

 We split up so we could flank the herd.  We shadowed them for about an hour.  As they fed up Coach's side of the basin, I got comfortable as I was certain I had a front row seat to an elk's final moments.  As I sat there freezing my tail off, I hear gun shots from down below in the valley.  Elk weren't too excited about that and started to feed back down into the bottom of the basin.  Wind was good, we were both hidden from sight but for some reason the whole herd spooks and starts my way.  Totally unprepared for the sudden shift in action, I only had a few seconds before my window opened.  I could range, or I could draw, but there was no time for both.  Sitting on my butt with my legs out in front of me I yanked the bow back just as the first cow came through my saddle.  A short whistle brought her to a stop, I settled my 60 pin on the last rib, bubbled up, and the trigger broke clean!  That beautiful red light buried in her side!  I got glass on her just as the fog engulfed her and my heart sank!  It looked like I hit too far back in her flank.  I gathered my pack, text Coach, and when I turned around and the fog blew off I saw a 2ft wide trail of blood that went across the ridge and out of sight.

With Aaron's bow in my hand, the moment hit me a bit.  Sadness that he wasn't with me, excitement that his bow continues to hunt elk, and anger because he should be the one shooting arrows out of that bow at elk, not me.  Coach made it down to me and we found her piled up in a rock slide shortly after.  My arrow did in fact find its mark in the back of the ribs and came out the offside shoulder.

The terrain resembled a sheep hunt more than it did an elk hunt.  With the loose rock and mud, we made the decision to roll her off the hill instead of boning and trying to get off that mountain with loaded packs.  We got her off just as darkness covered us up.  We broke her down, and back at the truck the guys took some steaks and we all hit the road.

My schedule didn't give me much time to hunt with the crew this year so I was very thankful to hook up for one last hunt before the season ended.

Heading back to Bullblaster's house this coming weekend to try and find a deer to hang my Washington tag on.  Standards are low and I said at the beginning of the season that I was gonna kill a 4pt or else a doe on the last day of the last open season.  I've passed on lots of legal bucks this season in Washington looking for a good one so I have no regrets if it comes down to a whitetail doe.
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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 12/7
« Reply #208 on: December 08, 2015, 08:53:43 AM »
There are boys and then there are MEN!  I know very few that give it all they got!

Congrats on a successfull hunt!

We did it the hard way!

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Re: DeerFest 2015!!! Updated 12/7
« Reply #209 on: December 08, 2015, 09:12:23 AM »
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